inactive

inactive has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
• a.. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
• a.. Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
• a.. not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
• a.. not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
• a.. lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
• a.. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
• a.. lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
• a.. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
• a.. not exerting influence or change
• a.. not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
• a.. (military) not involved in military operations